Visit to a showhouse in Penang, Malaysia

Visiting showhouse is a past-time for a many people especially during weekends. We just follow the crowd to visit the show-house which has attracted quite a crowd.

Queensbay Shopping Mall in Penang, Malaysia

Welcome to Penang. If you are going shopping, you should visit the biggest shopping mall in Penang. The Queensbay Shopping Mall is very popular with Penangites and tourists. The anchor tenant is JUSCO departmental store.

Night Snapshots in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

It is refreshing to walk and watch the night scene in Ho CHi Minh City in the evening.
Take a walk around the city in the evening and explore the surroundings. It is quite a safe place to walk around in the main streets of the city.

MAY Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

If you are going to Ho Chi Minh City and looking for a clean reasonable priced three-star hotel, we recommend you consider the MAY hotel. We booked through Asiarooms on-line and paid S$106 per room per night with 2 buffet international breakfast.

The MAY Hotel is located at 28-30 Thi Sach St, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Tel No : (84-8) 8234501 . Website : www.mayhotel.com.vn


The reception area with internet booths available for rental situated at the left of the area.

The lobby looking from the first floor.

The first floor.

The restaurant for breakfast.



The moving table lamp in the lobby in the evening.

The bedroom with 2 Queen beds.

The toilet in the bathroom.

The hotel is Vietnamese family owned and is only one year old. Everybody is friendly, from receptionists to the bell captain. The hotel is clean and new.

If you are going on a tour, do not book through the hotel but to go down to TNK Travel to book your tours. It is cheaper to do that even though you have to take a taxi to the office to start your tour bus.

Hawkers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Don't be surprised to see hawkers selling their wares in Ho Chi Minh City.

Even though there are hawkers in Food Courts in shopping malls, there are still many hawkers selling food on the side-walks of roads around Ho Chi Minh City.

Locals are enjoying their food on the road-side sitting on low stools.

Even in places near the hotels, there are hawkers selling food on the road-side.

A typical hawker selling buns and other food on the road-side.

Vietnamese Architecture in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The Buildings are all very narrow. The architecture is only special to the Vietnamese buildings.

Scenery of garden of restaurant on way back to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The bus that took us to the Mekong Delta brought us to the restaurant for a afternoon break and rest before we head home to Ho Chi Minh City.


The scenery is beautiful especially with the lotus plants in the pond.











The scenery of the garden with lotus plants in the pond made the surroundings very soothing for a rest with a cup of tea.

Finally, we were on the way back to Ho Chi Minh City where we ended our US$9 tour to the Mekong Delta with full satisfaction.